The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread

Bikram sounds like torture. I get lightheaded and faint in the bathtub. If I sit in there (tub) for long enough, I get totally dissociated and can move stuff around in my field of vision.
 
Finally joined the world of HDTVs and I have to say I do not know how I went this long...

jesus it makes such a difference
 
Funerary_Doom said:
I honestly love it! As Kaf said, it's 26 poses (each pose is done twice) in a room of 105 degrees with normally 40% humidity. The teacher can make the experience, had some really great ones so far who really pushed. It's a TON of sweating. If you have any heart problems it's probably not a good idea. However, it's great for increasing flexibility and endurance. I was talking to one guy there who said that he never use to exercise regularly at all. He decided to do a 30 day challenge fell in love with it and did another after that. Since then he was able to run two marathons, and now he's training for his third! You definitely need to pay more attention to your eating and hydration habits. I actually have very low blood pressure, so have to eat candy or something sugary afterwards to stop from feeling dizzy.

would love to try other forms of yoga after this though. something i rather do than going to the gym, to be honest.


Also congrats on the new job! Sounds pretty fucking boss.
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My dad's side of the family are all into yoga. I remember my aunt talking about "hot yoga" a while ago, saying that it feels so refreshing when you're done - you just get everything out of your system (also, I don't know if this is standard, but she said the place she went to poured hot rocks on the back of your feet, which supposedly feels REALLY good.) My dad used to do yoga and before she died, my grandmother did too. I'm definitely interested in trying it... as a matter of fact my cousin teaches it, I should ask her a little more about it...

Has anyone ever tried reiki? It's sort of like an alternative healing thing, which said aunt is obsessed with. You basically just lie there as the "reiki master" (my aunt has reached this level of certification) transfers the energy from your body through theirs. To this day I'm not sure whether it actually works, or if my aunt just likes feeling people up, but the two treatments I had were very refreshing.
 
Sucks man. You should be able to have control over your money instead of having a payee (knowing your situation I'm assuming that's what you're talking about?)
 
KafkaX said:
Yeah the dates are a week from tomorrow. Thurs to Sunday. Something to keep in the back of your mind for whenever.

Im not exactly in LA, im north about a half hour.

As far as my opinions on studios, Im a bit biased towards Anusara because thats what style im licensed in and what I like. There are two that come to mind. Still Yoga and Yoga At The Raven, both in Silverlake, both run by good people and the classes are pretty solid. I also really like City Yoga on Fairfax in Hollywood.

If you are ever in Venice, check out Bhakti Yoga Shala or YogaGlo. Both are donation based studios. Bhakti Yoga Shala has some pretty awesome music events going on the regular since youre into Kirtan, and YogaGlo is awesome because they film their classes for their online subscription. Neat to see their setup and be a part of that.
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Thanks for the recs. I really need to find a place that works for me. I've been mostly working solo or going to classes at the YMCA, but those are only so so.

Funerary_Doom said:
I honestly love it! As Kaf said, it's 26 poses (each pose is done twice) in a room of 105 degrees with normally 40% humidity. The teacher can make the experience, had some really great ones so far who really pushed. It's a TON of sweating. If you have any heart problems it's probably not a good idea. However, it's great for increasing flexibility and endurance. I was talking to one guy there who said that he never use to exercise regularly at all. He decided to do a 30 day challenge fell in love with it and did another after that. Since then he was able to run two marathons, and now he's training for his third! You definitely need to pay more attention to your eating and hydration habits. I actually have very low blood pressure, so have to eat candy or something sugary afterwards to stop from feeling dizzy.

would love to try other forms of yoga after this though. something i rather do than going to the gym, to be honest.


Also congrats on the new job! Sounds pretty fucking boss.
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Yeah I've heard mixed things, but would like to give it a shot one of these days. The cool thing about yoga is there's so many different takes on it. It feels inexhaustible.

And thanks! I'm stoked on the job and internship.

So the teacher I'm interning for at Compton is a metalhead. Unfortunately I wasn't there when it happened, but apparently she he other day she woke up a kid who had fallen asleep in class by blasting Slayer in class.
 
crimsonfloyd said:
So the teacher I'm interning for at Compton is a metalhead. Unfortunately I wasn't there when it happened, but apparently she he other day she woke up a kid who had fallen asleep in class by blasting Slayer in class.
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You're interning for a female metalhead teacher? That has got to be the coolest job I could EVER imagine.
 
jakethedog said:
You're interning for a female metalhead teacher? That has got to be the coolest job I could EVER imagine.
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Yeah it's pretty rad, especially considering that I got set up with her by chance. She keeps asking in each class if any of the kids are into heavy metal. I was happy to see a few kids raise their hands (though I have no idea what pops into their mind when they think metal).
 
Laura: (oh, I feel so weird calling you by your name!) it definitely feels like torture the first few times, but if you treat it like a mind game it gets easier though you NEVER get use to the heat. :/

Crimsonfloyd: Yeah man yoga is like metal, so many genres to explore! A girl boss that listens to metal is win-win. I imagine that that really lightens the mood in the classroom a lot. My boss listens to some more mainstream metal/hard rock bands (he's old now so he doesn't like music that is too heavy) but he's always telling the costumers that my name is Jimi. Or he'd air guitar around the restaurant... it really does lighten the mood so I expect it would especially with kids.


Edit @Jake: Never heard of the hot rocks thing, but you should try it if you can get some hookups. Some positions/poses are supposed to help with depression, insomnia and digestion, so it's worth a shot especially if your family already is familiar with it. Never tried reiki, it's weird that i'm skeptical about it, but never heard much praise with it.
 
I'm listening to Chopin's waltzes, eating chargrilled italian artichokes in extra virgin olive oil. I didn't even masturbate today. I will probably have an Urquell in a minute.
 
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